400,000+ hourly output tablet press launches at interpack

Bosch Packaging Technology will present the new Manesty TPR 500 tablet press — equipped with die table, torque drive and tablet discharge chute as well as intuitive HMI — at this year’s interpack.

“With its novel design and high productivity, the Manesty TPR 500 underlines Bosch’s competence in tablet pressing and offers customers the highest machine quality combined with excellent usability,” said Christian Treitel, business development director, pharma product division at Bosch Packaging Technology. “Reduced maintenance efforts and overall ease of use lower the total cost of ownership and make the TPR 500 particularly suitable for customers with flexible requirements.”

The TPR 500 is equipped with a new 56-station die table and can produce more than 400,000 tablets per hour, considerably reducing process and production time. The modular powder feeding system allows for more flexibility with a two-paddle design that can easily be upgraded to three paddles, depending on product properties and powder characteristics. “Thanks to the scaled setting, all filling parameters can be easily reproduced, and the tablet press consistently achieves high-quality yields,” explained Treitel. To help ensure the smooth delivery of tablets, the new tablet discharge chute features an easy-to-clean pneumatic gate mechanism and optimised take-off angle for reducing product damage and increasing output, especially with shaped or friable tablets.

Connected directly to the turret, the new Siemens torque drive is said to achieve high torque at low revolutions per minute (rpm) while saving space in the mechanical area. It generates little heat and has no wear and tear parts to allow customers to considerably reduce maintenance. The machine’s good overall accessibility promotes easy tool changes and cleaning. Turret removal is possible in ten minutes, while complete product changeover can be achieved in less than one hour.

Thanks to the hygienic design of the Manesty TPR 500, production is completely separated from the mechanical area, preventing powder contamination in the mechanical zone. Beckhoff controls paired with an intuitive 21” HMI aim to ensure efficient operations as well as easy machine set-up. “The reduced maintenance and cleaning efforts, as well as fast and easy changeovers give our customers more time for their actual production,” underlined Treitel.

Hall 6/Stand A31–C58, interpack 2014, 8–14 May, Messe Düsseldorf, Germany.

Bosch Packaging Technology, www.boschpackaging.com.